The Williams sisters dominated tennis for much of the 21st-century but their male counterparts have been overshadowed in the Big Three era When 17-year-old Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989, it was a huge event for American tennis. Not only was it the story of a teenager coming from seemingly nowhere to win a major, it also represented the end of a nearly (gasp!) five-year drought of men's slam champions for the United States. After all, never before had there been more than four consecu...
The US hasn't had a male grand slam champ since 2003. Is the drought about to end?
The Guardian - 25 Apr 2022 11:00
The Williams sisters dominated tennis for much of the 21st-century but their male counterparts have been overshadowed in the Big Three era When 17-year-old Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989, it was a huge event for American tennis. Not only was it the story of a teenager coming from seemingly nowhere to win a major, it also represented the end of a nearly (gasp!) five-year drought of men's slam champions for the United States. After all, never before had there been more than four consecu...
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